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What is the maximum amount of RAM that can be installed on a computer?

I'm in a computer repair class at my school but, unfortunately we haven't received our text books and our teacher doesn't really tell us much on the assignments before he assigns them, if does he probably does it when I'm not there. overall he is an awesome teacher tough. lol so if i could get a answer to this it would be much appreciated.

P.S. bing and google only tell me the minimum amount of RAM.
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tchachra tchachra
 
 November 09, 2009 02:41 PM
This question cannot be answered without the detail necessary to provide the answer. The amount of RAM in a system depends on the type of motherboard, the type of processor, and the number of slots available for ram. Some motherboards use a chipset which limits the amount of RAM to 2gb and some use a chipset which allows a maximum of 32gb. It would all depend on the underlying hardware.

You can take a look here for the various chipsets, memory upgrades, and detail on how much they can handle: http://www.upgradecomputermemory.com/ram.cfm/memory/I/Intel-Chipset-Memory/
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awes_sa_la... awes_sa_la...
 
November 11, 2009 02:23 PM
you wouldn't happen to know what motherboard dell uses in their Optiplex 755? or a common motherboard dell uses? because i dont think i can open up my tower without my teachers permission, and he won't be at school until next week.

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tchachra tchachra
 
November 11, 2009 03:50 PM
This should help: http://www.gesi.net/pdf/Dell_Optiplex755.pdf
But from what I can see it takes about 8gb max.

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November 09, 2009 02:41 PM
You need to know the model of your mother board. Your motherboard specs will let you know the max amount of RAM your PC can handle.

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awes_sa_la... awes_sa_la...
 
November 11, 2009 02:23 PM
you wouldn't happen to know what motherboard dell uses in their Optiplex 755? or a common motherboard dell uses? because i dont think i can open up my tower without my teachers permission, and he won't be at school until next week.

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aw aw
 
November 11, 2009 02:44 PM
If you call Dell they will tell you what your max RAM capacity is.

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vladis vladis
 
November 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Only the motherboard can set the max. amount of RAM you can have on your computer.
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mahaazar mahaazar
 
November 09, 2009 03:53 PM
It also depends upon the operating system. The following are the maximum supported RAM for Windows.

32-bit Windows Vista - 4GB
64-bit Windows Vista Home Basic - 8GB
64-bit Windows Vista Home Premium - 16GB
64-bit Windows Vista Business - 128GB

32-bit Windows 7 - 4GB
64-bit Windows 7 Home Basic - 8GB
64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium - 192GB
64-bit Windows 7 Business - 192GB

Windows XP Professional-4GB

Windows Server 2003 - 4GB
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise - 32GB
Windows Server 2003 Datacentre - 64GB
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http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Maximum-Supported-RAM-44487.sh...
http://www.vista123.net/content/windows-7-maximum-supported-ram-192-gb-ram


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vladis vladis
 
November 09, 2009 04:17 PM
and if we don't use microsoft software? what then?

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mahaazar mahaazar
 
November 10, 2009 10:21 AM
OS X - 8 GB
OS 9.x - 1.5 GB
Red Hat Linux 2.4 kernel – 64 GB

Source: http://www.computer-memory.org.uk/2009/03/operating-system-maximum-ram.html

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awes_sa_la... awes_sa_la...
 
November 11, 2009 02:22 PM
you wouldn't happen to know what motherboard dell uses in their Optiplex 755? or a common motherboard dell uses? because i dont think i can open up my tower without my teachers permission, and he won't be at school until next week.

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jamoke jamoke
 
November 09, 2009 09:03 PM
The important thing to remember is that 32 Bit Software can NOT handle more than 4 GB of RAM.

If you have another operating system, then this rule of thumb still applies. Unless it's a 64-bit system (or one of which I'm unaware), it can't support more than 4 GB of Ram. It's actually less than this due to rounding of the GB definition.

64 Bit Systems can handle more, but each is a little different, but generally you can reach your maximum better if you get a 64 Bit OS.

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vladis vladis
 
November 09, 2009 09:21 PM
so...everytime a new mother board...its releasead....and it suports more then 192GB ...a new version of Windows will appear?

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awes_sa_la... awes_sa_la...
 
November 11, 2009 02:25 PM
you wouldn't happen to know what motherboard dell uses in their Optiplex 755? or a common motherboard dell uses? because i dont think i can open up my tower without my teachers permission, and he won't be at school until next week.

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zeush8su zeush8su
 
November 13, 2009 03:29 AM
Easiest way to find out the max ram is to go to www.crucial.com and use the advisor tool. a quick search shows that the Optiplex 755 max memory is 2gb. And they don't really have a listing for their motherboard but they mostly seem to be running ICH9DO chipset motherboards.
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